Amewu Antoinette Mensah: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2017 |
| Name | Dr. Amewu Antoinette Mensah |
| URL | http://www.iac.ethz.ch/people-iac/person-detail.html?persid=177565 |
| Department | Environmental Systems Science |
| Relationship | Lecturer |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701-0475-AAL | Atmospheric Physics Enrolment ONLY for MSc students with a decree declaring this course unit as an additional admission requirement. Any other students (e.g. incoming exchange students, doctoral students) CANNOT enrol for this course unit. | 3 credits | 6R | A. A. Mensah | |
| Abstract | The fundamental background of cloud and precipitation formation (including thermodynamics and aerosol physics) and their relevance for climate are discussed. | ||||
| Objective | The students can appreciate the processes leading to cloud and precipitation formation and their importance for climate. This lecture is the prerequisite for the MSc lectures cloud microphysics and cloud dynamics. | ||||
| Content | Moist processes/thermodynamics; aerosol physics; cloud formation; precipitation processes, storms; importance of aerosols and clouds for climate; measurements of clouds (radar and satellites) | ||||
| Lecture notes | Powerpoint slides and script will be made available | ||||
| Literature | Rogers and Yau, A Short Course in Cloud Physics, Pergamon Press, 1989; Wallace and Hobbs, Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey, Elsevier, 2006 | ||||
| 701-0475-00L | Atmospheric Physics | 3 credits | 2G | A. Beck, A. A. Mensah | |
| Abstract | This course covers the basics of atmospheric physics, which consist of: cloud and precipitation formation, thermodynamics, aerosol physics, radiation as well as the impact of aerosols and clouds on climate and artificial weather modification. | ||||
| Objective | Students are able - to explain the mechanisms of cloud and precipitation formation using knowledge of humidity processes and thermodynamics. - to evaluate the significance of clouds and aerosol particles for climate and artificial weather modification. | ||||
| Content | Moist processes/thermodynamics; aerosol physics; cloud formation; precipitation processes, storms; importance of aerosols and clouds for climate and weather modification, clouds and precipitation | ||||
| Lecture notes | Powerpoint slides and script will be made available | ||||
| Literature | Lohmann, U., Lüönd, F. and Mahrt, F., An Introduction to Clouds: From the Microscale to Climate, Cambridge Univ. Press, 391 pp., 2016. | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | 50% of the time we use the concept of "flipped classroom" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipped_classroom), which we introduce at the beginning. We offer a lab tour, in which we demonstrate how some of the processes discussed in the lectures are measured with instruments. There is a additional tutorial right after each lecture to give you the chance to ask further questions and discuss the exercises. The participation is recommended but voluntary. | ||||